Health Services

TB (Tuberculosis)

What’s New?

• NEW! Tubersol® Funding

Forms – Ordering

• Vaccine Order Request (Region of Peel) (2016)
• Reporting Positive Skin Test and TB Drug Order (Region of Peel) (2015)

Forms - Reporting

• Physician Report Form – Medical Surveillance for Tuberculosis (TB)
  (Region of Peel) (2016)
• Reporting Positive Skin Test and TB Drug Order (Region of Peel) (2015)
• Notification of New Active or Reactivated Tuberculosis Case (Region of Peel) (2011)

Forms – TB Clinic Referral

• Tuberculosis Clinic Referral

Guidelines/Standards

• Canadian Tuberculosis Standards, 7th edition - 2014 (Public Health Agency of Canada) (2014)

Resources and Screening Tools

General

• NEW! LTBI Questions and Answers for Health Care Providers (PDF)
• Tuberculosis - Information For Health Care Professionals 5th edition
• How to Administer and Read Tuberculin Skin Test (2017) (PDF)
• BCG World Atlas
• Online TST/IGRA Interpreter

Tests to Diagnose LTBI

There are two acceptable tests for identification of LTBI

• TB skin test (TST)
• IGRA
• The test is available through Dynacare Lab. It is not covered by OHIP and costs approximately $90.

Refer to the Canadian TB Standards (2014) for uses and preferences for TST and IGRA.

For Long Term Care and Retirement Homes

• Active TB Screening Checklist for Clinicians (March 2013) (Peel Public Health)
• Long Term Care Home Letter (March 2013) (Peel Public Health)
• Retirement Home Letter (March 2013) (Peel Public Health)
• Recommendations for Long Term Care Homes and Retirement Homes for TB Screening (March 2013) (Peel Public Health)
• Frequently Asked Questions TB Screening in Long Term Care and Retirement Homes (March 2013) (Peel Public Health)

Patient Information

Information on TB is available in English and other languages.

Patients with Active TB

Patients with Latent TB Infection

General Information on TB